If you're dreaming of a wet Christmas, you're all set. Ditto if you're hoping for wind.

But if your heart's set on a snowy white Dec. 25, well ... maybe.

The Rochester area's weather should experience seasonable temperatures this weekend and warming conditions early next week. We will be dry through Monday with some rain possible Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service forecast available Friday.

By Christmas Eve, however, the region will be feeling the effects of a powerful storm system expected to be moving northeastward from the southern states. The storm has to the potential to gum up holiday travel in both the Midwest and the East.

Here, conditions will be rainy and very windy, the weather service said.

Strong winds, perhaps powerful enough to cause some damage, will persist on Christmas Day. So will precipitation. The weather service said the region could see snow showers, perhaps mixed with rain.

But forecasters cautioned Friday that the nature of the precipitation could change, depending on the precise track the storm takes. More detailed information should be available closer to Dec. 25.